The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Caller pretends to be a deputy

Two Columbia County residents recently told police that someone pretending to be a Columbia County sheriff’s sergeant called their homes.

A woman said someone called her about 2:40 p.m. Thursday, asking for her husband, who has been dead for six years, because he suspected someone was using her husband’s information to commit fraud. When the woman said she was a widow, the caller hung up.

The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Tractor trailer burglarized

A tractor trailer driver called authorities Monday afternoon when he discovered someone broke into his truck.

The 45-year-old driver discovered that someone broke out the driver’s side vent window of the truck parked on the shoulder of the 600 block of South Old Belair Road across from Prather Construction Park. He said nothing was missing from inside the cab.

The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Family robbed Christmas Eve

A Grovetown man called authorities on Christmas Eve after discovering someone had broken into his home and stolen gifts.

The 31-year-old man said someone kicked in the front door of his home between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The burglar stole a 1911 CAP .45-caliber handgun, a Playstation 4, an electric guitar and all of the family’s Christmas gifts from under the Christmas tree.

The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Woman robbed in Martinez

A woman called police Monday to report she was robbed over the weekend.

The 58-year-old woman said she was walking on Braddock Street at about 10 a.m. on Dec. 12, headed to the nearby Walgreens to buy cigarettes. The woman said a man approached her from behind and demanded she turn over whatever she had in her pockets.

The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Man scammed at Wal-Mart

A man shopping at a Martinez Wal-Mart said he was scammed by someone who sold him a store gift card.

The 34-year-old man said he was shopping at the store on Bobby Jones Expressway at about 5 p.m. on Saturday. A stranger approached him offering to sell a gift card worth $386.03. The stranger said he needed rent money and was willing to sell the card for $125. The stranger confirmed the card was loaded with the $386.03 and the man bought it.